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HIWCBA has run two Simultaneous Pairs events since it was reformed from the Southern Counties CBA. About 10 years ago our then newly elected Chairman, Ivan Chidwick, who was regional Director of the Kidney Research Fund, decided to run a simultaneous event within the county to raise funds. I had taken over the running of the two HIW events, so Ivan turned to me for help in running the KR event. As the main purpose was to raise money for the charity, it was obvious that more clubs needed to take part. Over the next few years clubs from additional counties were invited, until the catchment spread from Cornwall to Kent and up as far as Berks and Bucks. By then 41 clubs took part. The scoring was done here at home and originally all the clubs sent in their travellers for me to enter pairs and scores. Gradually they were cajoled into sending in the files by email (or floppy) till by 2002 very few did not have someone who could send in the result files over the 'wires'
The event was published in the EBU Year Book and clubs from farther afield had asked to join in. It was the Bury St Edmunds club who asked whether the event could be scored by ECatsBridge and following a few email exchanges we were very pleased to pass on the scoring to them. Only 5 clubs sent me travellers to enter and upload in 2004. Other clubs have joined since seeing this event listed in the ECatsBridge calendar.
Once it had been agreed that ECatsBridge would score the event, I downloaded a list of the clubs who played the Sims they hosted on a Thursday and wrote to those who ran two or more of these during the year, inviting them to join. This was too late for some clubs to include us in their calendar in the current season but they wished to be invited in subsequent years.
There are over 70 clubs playing this year. Last year just over £5000 was raised.
Hands are computer dealt, Julian Pottage writes our commentary for 28 of the hands which is written in the usual booklet. Entry is just £2 per player and hand record cards and/or Duplimate files are provided. Deals 29-32 are also supplied to facilitate the choice of movements
Clubs can enter up to the last minute providing there is time to provide the set-up information.
Please email Mike
Rogerson if you wish to participate in this
event
For more details about general organisation of Simultaneous
Pairs, please click here
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